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House Calendar No. 7 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 78 

[Report No. 114–14] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 527) to amend chapter 6 of 

title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Regulatory Flexibility Act), to ensure complete analysis of potential impacts on small 

entities of rules, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration 

of the bill (H.R. 50) to provide for additional safeguards with respect 

to imposing Federal mandates, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 3, 2015 

Ms. FOXX, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; 

which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 527) to amend 

chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code (commonly 

known as the Regulatory Flexibility Act), to ensure complete analysis of potential impacts on small entities of 

rules, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 50) to provide for additional 

safeguards with respect to imposing Federal mandates, 

and for other purposes. 


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1 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this reso2 lution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 

3 XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of 

4 the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 527) to amend chapter 6 of title 

6 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Regu7 latory Flexibility Act), to ensure complete analysis of po8 tential impacts on small entities of rules, and for other 

9 purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed 

10 with. All points of order against consideration of the bill 

11 are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill 

12 and shall not exceed one hour, with 40 minutes equally 

13 divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

14 member of the Committee on the Judiciary and 20 min15 utes equally divided and controlled by the chair and rank16 ing minority member of the Committee on Small Business. 

17 After general debate the bill shall be considered for 

18 amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order 

19 to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amend20 ment under the five-minute rule an amendment in the na21 ture of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Com22 mittee Print 114-3. That amendment in the nature of a 

23 substitute shall be considered as read. All points of order 

24 against that amendment in the nature of a substitute are 

25 waived. No amendment to that amendment in the nature 


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1 of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in 

2 part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accom3 panying this resolution. Each such amendment may be of4 fered only in the order printed in the report, may be of5 fered only by a Member designated in the report, shall 

6 be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time spec7 ified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 

8 proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend9 ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 

10 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 

11 Whole. All points of order against such amendments are 

12 waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for 

13 amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill 

14 to the House with such amendments as may have been 

15 adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the 

16 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

17 the Whole to the bill or to the amendment in the nature 

18 of a substitute made in order as original text. The previous 

19 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

20 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

21 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in22 structions. 

23 SEC. 2. At any time after adoption of this resolution 

24 the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, 

25 declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 


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1 Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration 

2 of the bill (H.R. 50) to provide for additional safeguards 

3 with respect to imposing Federal mandates, and for other 

4 purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed 

5 with. All points of order against consideration of the bill 

6 are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill 

7 and amendments specified in this section and shall not ex8 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair 

9 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Over10 sight and Government Reform. After general debate the 

11 bill shall be considered for amendment under the five12 minute rule. An amendment in the nature of a substitute 

13 consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 114-4, 

14 modified by the amendment printed in part B of the report 

15 of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, 

16 shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the 

17 Committee of the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be 

18 considered as the original bill for the purpose of further 

19 amendment under the five-minute rule and shall be consid20 ered as read. All points of order against provisions in the 

21 bill, as amended, are waived. No further amendment to 

22 the bill, as amended, shall be in order except those printed 

23 in part C of the report of the Committee on Rules. Each 

24 such further amendment may be offered only in the order 

25 printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 


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1 designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 

2 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 

3 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

4 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub5 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 

6 or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order 

7 against such further amendments are waived. At the con8 clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 

9 Committee shall rise and report the bill, as amended, to 

10 the House with such further amendments as may have 

11 been adopted. The previous question shall be considered 

12 as ordered on the bill, as amended, and any further 

13 amendment thereto to final passage without intervening 

14 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in15 structions. 


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House Calendar No. 7 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 78 

[Report No. 114–14] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 527) 

mandates, and for other purposes. safeguards with respect to imposing Federal of the bill (H.R. 50) to provide for additional other purposes, and providing for consideration tial impacts on small entities of rules, and for bility Act), to ensure complete analysis of potenCode (commonly known as the Regulatory Flexito amend chapter 6 of title 5, United States 

FEBRUARY 3, 2015 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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